"Cock Robin ""Who Killed Cock Robin"" is an English nursery rhyme, which has been much used as a murder archetype in world culture. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 494. The earliest record of the rhyme is in ""Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book"", published c. 1744, which noted only the first four verses. The extended version given below was not printed until c. 1770. The rhyme has often been reprinted with illustrations, as suitable reading material for small children. The rhyme also has an alternative ending, in which the sparrow who killed cock robin is hanged for"
"Who Killed Cock Robin? (1935 film) Who Killed Cock Robin is a Silly Symphonies short released on June 26, 1935 by United Artists, produced by Walt Disney and directed by David Hand. It is based on the nursery rhyme ""Who Killed Cock Robin?"". An extract from the cartoon was featured the following year in Alfred Hitchcock's ""Sabotage"". While Cock Robin (caricatured after Bing Crosby) serenades the Mae West-esque Jenny Wren, an unseen assailant shoots an arrow into Cock Robin's heart and he falls to the ground, giving the other birds in the tree the impression he has been shot and"
"Who Killed Cock Robin? (Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)) ""Who Killed Cock Robin?"" is the fourteenth episode of the ITC British television series ""Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)"", starring Mike Pratt, Kenneth Cope and Annette Andre. The episode was first broadcast on December 21, 1969 on ITV. In this murder mystery, Jeff Randall is hired by a large estate manager to investigate a series of bird shootings in the manor aviary. While keeping guard of the valuable birds. Each member of the family of the manor is killed off gradually narrowing down the suspects leaving Jeff with the surprising culprit. Randall is"
"is in his armpit. Jenny revives Robin and they kiss, to the excitement of the jury. Who Killed Cock Robin? was released on the Walt Disney Treasures DVD Silly Symphonies. Who Killed Cock Robin? (1935 film) Who Killed Cock Robin is a Silly Symphonies short released on June 26, 1935 by United Artists, produced by Walt Disney and directed by David Hand. It is based on the nursery rhyme ""Who Killed Cock Robin?"". An extract from the cartoon was featured the following year in Alfred Hitchcock's ""Sabotage"". While Cock Robin (caricatured after Bing Crosby) serenades the Mae West-esque Jenny Wren,"
"Killed Cock Robin"". This crime takes place at the home of an elderly physicist with a beautiful young ward and a private archery range. District Attorney Markham finds the circumstances so unusual that he asks his friend Philo Vance to advise upon the psychological aspects of the crime. Further murders connected with the physicist's family and neighbours are accompanied with similar extracts from Mother Goose, such as the case of Johnny Sprigg, ""who was shot through the middle of his wig, wig, wig."" Midway through the book, an elderly woman confesses to the crimes, but this possibility is discounted by"
"parrot and even himself, showing he is indeed ""cuckoo"". Everyone is astounded that no one knows who murdered Cock Robin. At that moment, Jenny Wren arrives and demands that she see justice done for her Cock Robin. Eventually, the judge declares that all three suspects be hanged as they don't know which of them is guilty. Just then, an arrow strikes the judge's hat, and its owner, Cock Robin's supposed killer, is revealed to be Cupid. He reveals that Robin isn't dead at all; he simply fell for Jenny Wren and is currently unconscious, the arrow he was shot with"
"says he heard her screaming in her room; she fearfully says she saw nothing and did not scream. Drukker admits to being in Dillard's house before the murder. Another neighbor is John Pardee, a chess enthusiast, who seems overly interested in the case. A taunting typewritten note is found, signed ""the Bishop"". It alludes to the nursery rhyme ""Cock Robin"". That was Robin's nickname, and another visitor at the house that day was named Sperling—German for ""Sparrow""—but he proves to have a solid alibi. Neither Drukker's nor Bishop's typewriter matches the note, and Dillard does not have one. Later a"
"nearly killed in an intricate trap, but Marty Hopkirk once again saves the day — this time by affecting a paranormal game of letters to spell a cryptic message to Jeannie Hopkirk at a party. Although the 14th episode in the series, ""Who Killed Cock Robin?"" was the 6th episode to be shot, filmed in August–September 1968. The manor featured in the episode is Edgwarebury Hotel and Country Club. Who Killed Cock Robin? (Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)) ""Who Killed Cock Robin?"" is the fourteenth episode of the ITC British television series ""Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)"", starring Mike Pratt, Kenneth Cope"
"also for its disco heavy soundtrack. In 1974, 11-year-olds Wendy, Jude, Kelly, and Nick play hide-and-seek in an abandoned convent. When 10-year-old Robin tries to join them, the group starts teasing her by repeating ""Kill! Kill! Kill!"", leading to a scared Robin accidentally falling to her death through an open window. Instead of reporting the incident to the police, the children make a pact not to tell anyone what happened and keep the incident a secret. A shadow falls across Robin's body, revealing that someone else saw the whole thing. Later, a known rapist is mistakenly blamed for Robin's death"
"of her lover Roger, by treacherously bleeding him excessively. The tale ends with praise for Robin, who ""dyde pore men moch god."" Many portions of this tale have reappeared in later versions. Some appeared in other ballads: the king's insistence on the capture and the archery contest to catch Robin in ""Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow"" (though in the opposite order), the rescue in ""Robin Hood Rescuing Will Stutly"" and ""Robin Hood Rescuing Three Squires"", the king's intervention in ""The King's Disguise, and Friendship with Robin Hood"", and the final murder in ""Robin Hood's Death"". Variations of the theme"
"society. In his typically ironic fashion, when Dylan introduced ""Who Killed Davey Moore"" during his October 31, 1964 show, he addressed the crowd: <poem>This a song about a boxer... It's got nothing to do with boxing, it's just a song about a boxer really. And, uh, it's not even having to do with a boxer, really. It's got nothing to do with nothing. But I fit all these words together... that's all... It's taken directly from the newspapers, Nothing's been changed... Except for the words.</poem> Dylan's song borrows the structure of the children's rhyme Cock Robin. As Dylan takes the"
"Song"", ""O See the Lambkins Play"" (a drinking song), and ""Ho then for Jollity"" (drinking song). Marian sings the ""Forest Song"" dreaming of Robin. Robin sings a serenade ""A Troubadour Sang to His Love"". Allan-a-Dale plans revenge for losing Marian to Robin. The Sheriff, who was pursuing Robin's followers as outlaws, is himself captured by them and they sing ""Put him in the stocks. He is captive, our enemy, we win the game."" Dame Durden sings to the Sheriff: ""Faithless one, you're in a gruesome plight."" But Sir Guy arrives with soldiers and overpowers Robin's men. Sir Guy and the"
"as Wrenboys, in straw clothes. This has been captured on the album ""Bells of Dublin"", which includes six tracks devoted to the ceremony, singing and dancing. The Hunting of the Wren is the culmination of the myth of the Wren who kills Cock Robin. On or near the winter solstice the populace hunted and killed the Wren for its supposed misdeed. The custom of killing wrens on 26 December was mostly stamped out in the British Isles by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, according to William S. Walsh in ""Curiosities of Popular Customs."" In Arnold Wesker's"
"Lee Harvey Oswald to shoot his wife so that ""J.F. could do one with M. Monroe"". Monroe commits suicide when Oswald hits the wrong target (in reality, Marilyn Monroe died in 1962, over a year before the assassination took place) and Oswald is later shot by his boss (implied to be Jack Ruby, who in reality killed Oswald in retaliation for Kennedy's death) for ""doing such a bad job and causing his hit-man business to go bust."" The producer Stephen Hague has referred to the song as ""the only song about domestic violence that you can dance to."" The original"
"to win - but not in my time"". Alan, Friar Tuck and Will Scarlet are among those killed. Dickon, Robin and Little John survive the battle and flee north with other survivors to Yorkshire, undergoing much hardship on their journey. Dickon almost drowns in a bog. Wounded, Robin takes refuge in Kirklees, whose prioress bleeds him to death to claim a reward from the Earl. Alerted by an arrow shot by Robin from his deathbed, the outlaws reclaim his body and burn down the priory in revenge. After burying Robin, the outlaw band breaks up. Dickon and Little John are"
"Rockin' Robin (song) ""Rockin' Robin"" (originally released as ""Rock-In Robin"" on the Class Records 45 single) is a song written by Leon René under the pseudonym Jimmie Thomas, and recorded by Bobby Day in 1958. It was Day's biggest hit single, becoming a number two hit on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, and spent one week at the top of the charts (number one hit) in R&B sales. In 1972, Michael Jackson recorded his own version of ""Rockin' Robin"", which was released as a single from his gold-certified solo album titled ""Got to Be There"". It was the biggest hit from"
"life ahead. Robin collapses after the trial from a lung infection, and in the hospital Jane and Robin confess how they loved each other. Time passes, Holly is free and with Abe and her daughter, which is celebration to all family and friends. Robin is now in a wheelchair, very far along with AIDS and not expected to live much longer. At the party, Robin weakly begins to sing the Roy Orbison song ""You Got It"" as a reference to her first conversation with Jane, and Jane gently finishes the song. In the final scene, Robin has died from AIDS,"
"Matilda learns to control her telekinetic powers. In 2012-2013, his uncharted recording, ""Beep-Beep-Beep"", was the musical soundtrack for a Kia Sorento television commercial shown nationwide in the U.S. Day died of prostate cancer in 1990 and is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. Bobby Day Robert James Byrd (July 1, 1930 – July 27, 1990), known by the stage name Bobby Day, was an American rock and roll and R&B singer, multi instrumentalist, music producer and songwriter. He is best known for his hit record Rockin' Robin, written by Jimmie Thomas. Born in Fort Worth, Texas, Day"
"beat. The entire song is a conversation between McEnroe (played by Roger Kitter) and the referee (played by Kaplan Kaye). They bicker and bicker until the referee finally loses his patience and just shoots McEnroe dead. The line """"The ball's in, everyone can see that the ball's in!"""" was an actual quotation McEnroe used to shout. As McEnroe dies in the song his final words are: """"I was talking to myself!"""", which also a genuine excuse the real-life McEnroe used whenever a referee scolded him for being insulted. The title is a pun on the film ""The Empire Strikes Back"""
"George Jackson (song) ""George Jackson"" is a song by Bob Dylan, written in 1971, in tribute to the Black Panther leader, George Jackson, who had been shot and killed by guards at San Quentin Prison on August 21, 1971, during an attempted escape from prison. The event indirectly provoked the Attica Prison riot. Dylan recorded the song at Columbia Studio B, on November 4, 1971 and it was quickly released as a 45 rpm single, Columbia 4-45516, on November 12, 1971. The single consisted of a ""Big Band version"" of the song on Side A and an ""Acoustic version"" on"
"six sound recordings made. Comic Minstrel W.G. Ross adapted one version probably in the 1840s, and changed the name from “Jack Hall” to “Sam Hall”. The song also appears to have been adapted to fit the region in which it was sung; some versions refer to Sam Hall being hanged at Tyburn, some at Cootehill. Also it is unclear what, if any, uncouth language was original to the song. Various versions have Sam Hall call his executioners “muckers”, “fuckers”, “buggers”, “muggers”, ""critters"" or “bastards”. To add to the confusion, the song is associated with the song “Captain Kidd”, aka “Robert"
"the identity of the victim. Robin said, ""This is about a prisoner on Death Row who only has a few hours to live. He wants the prison chaplain to pass on a final message to his wife. There's a certain urgency about it. Myself and Barry wrote it. It's a bit like writing a script. Sometimes you can sit there for three hours with your guitar and nothing will happen. Then in the last ten minutes something will spark."" The song was written with Percy Sledge in mind to record it. Sledge did record it in February 1970 but Atlantic"
"The Death of Emmett Till ""The Death of Emmett Till"", also known as ""The Ballad of Emmett Till"", is a song by American musician and Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan about the murder of Emmett Till. Till, a 14-year-old African American, was killed on August 28, 1955, by two white men, reportedly after flirting with a white woman. In the song's lyrics, Dylan recounts the murder and trial. While the song never appeared on any of Dylan's studio albums, it did appear on a number of bootlegs. One bootlegged performance, which was recorded from Cynthia Gooding's radio show called ""Folksinger's Choice"""
"killed Frank Stilwell in Tucson on March 20, 1882. After the shooting, the Earps and a federal posse set out on a vendetta to find and kill the others they held responsible for ambushing Virgil and Morgan. Cochise County Sheriff Johnny Behan received warrants from a Tucson judge for arrest of the Earps and Holliday and deputized Ringo and 19 other men, many of them friends of Stilwell and the Cochise County Cowboys. The county posse pursued but never found the Earps' posse. During the Earp Vendetta Ride, Wyatt Earp killed one of Ringo's closest friends, ""Curly Bill"" Brocius, in"
"Ballad 117A p,77) Another very early ballad featuring Will Scarlet is one variant of ""Robin Hood's Death"", in which Will's only role is to urge a bodyguard, which Robin scorns. A later ballad, ""Robin Hood and the Newly Revived"", ascribes an origin story to him. Robin finds a finely dressed young man shooting deer in Sherwood, and offers to let him join the band; they quarrel and fight. Robin asks who he is; he says he is Young Gamwell, who killed his father's steward and fled his father's estate to seek out his uncle, Robin Hood. Robin makes him welcome"
"to capture Roger and Eddie Valiant. When Eddie learns that studio head R.K. Maroon is connected to the plot to frame Roger, Eddie interrogates him, but Maroon pleads that he is ""a dead man"" if he confesses. Just as Maroon is about to spill everything, he is killed by an unseen gunman who nearly shoots Eddie as well. Upon chasing the killer to Toontown, Eddie catches Jessica Rabbit, thinking she's the murderer, but Jessica reveals that Judge Doom was the one who killed Acme and Maroon. At the film's climax, Doom traps Eddie, Jessica, and Roger in the Acme Factory"
"to the woods with her, and escapes her with her lover Willie. They are attacked, by knights or outlaws, but he fights and kills them all, and they escape. In the Robin Hood variant, Robin sees a woman walking in the woods and persuades her to run away with him; unlike the other variants, they are not already lovers and she does not need to escape her father. Her brothers attack, but Robin kills all of them except the youngest. This ballad has many similarities with Child ballad 7, ""Earl Brand"", where the lovers' escape ends in their deaths, and"
"Bobby Day Robert James Byrd (July 1, 1930 – July 27, 1990), known by the stage name Bobby Day, was an American rock and roll and R&B singer, multi instrumentalist, music producer and songwriter. He is best known for his hit record Rockin' Robin, written by Jimmie Thomas. Born in Fort Worth, Texas, Day moved to Los Angeles, California, at the age of 15. As a member of the R&B group the Hollywood Flames he used the stage name Bobby Day to perform and record. He went several years with minor musical success limited to the West Coast, including being"
"Robin Hood Rescuing Will Stutly Robin Hood Rescuing Will Stutly is Child ballad 141, about Robin Hood. Robin Hood is brought news that the Sheriff of Nottingham surprised Will Stutely, and though he killed two of the Sheriff's men, he was captured. They set out to rescue him, confirm the story from a palmer, and arrive as he is being brought out. Will Stutly offers to fight the sheriff's men, with his bare hands, if need be, but the sheriff is resolved to hang him. Little John jumps out to cut his bonds and give him a sword. Robin's men"
"Robyn and Gandeleyn Robyn and Gandeleyn is Child Ballad 115. The Child Ballads are 305 traditional ballads from England and Scotland, and their American variants, anthologized by Francis James Child during the second half of the 19th century. Despite the similarity of the main character's name, Child ruled out the possibility that the ballad is connected to the story of Robin Hood. Robyn kills a deer and is shot and killed. Gandeleyn looks about for the killer and finds Wrennok of Donne. They exchange words, and Gandeleyn says they shall shoot at a mark of each other's hearts. Gandeleyn kills"
"knocks Robin down, unconscious. Little John and Will call off the fight, saying Robin is dead. Kit offers them a balsame to heal him. The pedlars go on to Nottingham, and Little John and Will tend Robin. As soon as he regains consciousness, he vomits the balsame, and all three of them are filthy. Robin Hood and the Pedlars Robin Hood and the Pedlars is Child ballad 137. Robin Hood, Little John, and Will Scarlet meet up with three pedlars and urge them to stay; they go on. Robin shoots at one, striking through his pack to the skin, with"
"the story appear to exist in other countries, including Germany. A number of theories have been advanced to explain the meaning of the rhyme: All of these theories are based on perceived similarities in the text to legendary or historical events, or on the similarities of names. Peter Opie pointed out that an existing rhyme could have been adapted to fit the circumstances of political events in the eighteenth century. The theme of Cock Robin's death as well as the poem's distinctive cadence have become archetypes, much used in literary fiction and other works of art, from poems, to murder"
"quick tempered and violent, assaulting Little John for defeating him in an archery contest; in the same ballad Much the Miller's Son casually kills a 'little page' in the course of rescuing Robin Hood from prison. No extant ballad early actually shows Robin Hood 'giving to the poor', although in a ""A Gest of Robyn Hode"" Robin does make a large loan to an unfortunate knight, which he does not in the end require to be repaid; and later in the same ballad Robin Hood states his intention of giving money to the next traveller to come down the road"